Tech Giants Threaten to Block Search Engines in Australia: A Case for State Responsibility?

Nicolas de Sadeleer; Ivana Damjanovic

Tech Giants Threaten to Block Search Engines in Australia: A Case for State Responsibility?

Nicolas de Sadeleer, Ivana Damjanovic

Canberra Law School

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Abstract

In response to the Australian government’s media bargaining legislation proposal, Google and Facebook have threatened to cut off Australia from their search engines. This has prompted questions regarding the scope for international law to protect Australia from these threats.

Original language	English
Pages	1-3
Number of pages	3
Specialist publication	Australian Outlook
Publisher	Australian Institute of International Affairs
Publication status	Published - 16 Feb 2021

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